Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>It would be funny if Ron Paul is the GOP nominee. I might actually vote republican.<<<


Had a little talk with cimi about this a couple of weeks ago. I like Paul too but how do you ignore his affiliation with a party that over the past decade has made a mockery of the entire US political system and played a major role in getting a bogus war started and supported? Since Paul seems to have no qualms about maintaining his republican label you have to think he's for the most part ok with how his party has been operating or his conscience would force him to switch parties or turn independent. I know what he says but the fact that he's still a republican means something.

No politician operates in a vacuum regardless of party. For a president, you may in a best case scenario get 50% of the individual's personal agenda but the second half inevitably goes to the party backing him. And that's why I won't cast a vote for anybody "R" until a top to bottom cleansing of the party is complete.